Drier



Feb; 14, 1928.

T. F. LONG DRIER Filed NOV. 29. 1926 Patented Feb, 14, 1928. f

PATENT owner..-

TIM OTHY 1. LONG, F PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR 'IO HOMI I UTILITIESCORPORA- 'TION, OF DES MO NES, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

' DRIER.

' Application filed November 29, 1926; Serial No. 151,436.

The objcctof my invention is to provide a drier for diapers, armentsand-the like, of v n q a simple, durable and lnexpenslve construction.More particularly, it is my object to provide such a drierhaving' asupporting bracket and a plurality of drier arms mounted rotatablythereon in superposed position, each drier arm comprising preferably asingle piece of wirc,.having its ends offset in opposite directions andmountcd'on the bracket and having upper and lower supporting por tionsarranged in diii'erent vertical planes when the device l!) use, andprovided with 15 a-connecting outer end member inclined hetween the endsof the upper; and lower portions of each drier arm.

Still another object is to provide means for mounting such a bracket ona support in such manner that the bracket-may be properly supported inclothes hanging position. with .the drier arms projecting horizontallyfrom it, or may be adjusted to position where the drier arms may -hangdownwardly adjacent to a wall or the like.

With these and otherobjects in View, my.

' invention consists in the construction, combinaticn and arrangement ofthe various parts of my drier, whereby the objects contemplatedlareattained, ashereinafter more "fully set forth pointed out in my claims,and illustrated in the accompanying drawingsin which:

i f 'F igure"1 1sa r0551; plan view the drier embodying my 'inventqn-inz hanging position.

{and-with the drier arnisiswung to position for separating them.

Figure 2 is a side elevation-of the drier in positionforsupportingclothes thereon, ex

4 cc t that the drier arms are swung together.

1 *igure'3-is a front elevation of'the drierwith the drier arms hangingdown.

Figure 4 1s a detail, sectional view taken on the line H of Figure 2;and i Figure-.5 is a' 'perspective view of one of the hanger armsdetached showing the' relasuch for instance as a metal plate 11, havingas shown in Figure 2.

jects upwardly above and downwardly be- .low the bracket and has at oneend the head at its ends the oflset flanges 12, which may be secured byscrews 13 to the member 10.

For coacting withthe support 11, I pro- .vide a drier supporting bracketindicated generally at B and preferably have a U- shape with a centralmember 14 and parallel arms 15 and 16 projecting therefrom.

v Mounted in the central portion of the support 11 is a stud, rivet orthe like 17.

In the bracket member 14 is a longitudinally. elongated slot 18 throughwhich the bolt 17 extends. The washers 19 are preferably providedbetween the heads of the rivet or bolt 17 and the members 11 and 14,

The bracket B is thus mounted to rotate on the stud or rivet- 17 andalso to slide thereon approximately the length of the slot 18.

At what for convenience I call the lower end of .the member 14; of thebracket B, a slot 20 is formed in the member 14 and the lower arm 16.

'The plate 11 is provided with a pin 21 or the like so located andarranged that when the bracket member 14 is in its upright po s1t10n andis at the upper limit of its sliding movement'on the stud 17, it may heslid downwardly to cause the pin 21 to hereceived in the slot 20 forthus locking the bracket B against rotary movement on the support A.

:Mounted in the arms 15 and 16 of the bracket B is an upright rod 22,which pro- 23 and at the other end the nut 24.

Supported onthe rod 22 is a plurality of hanger arms, one of which willnow be described.

'Each hanger arm is comprised preferably of a single piece of stifi'wire, having the upper and lower hanger portions 25 and 26. At

what may-be considered the inner end of the hanger arm portionsareoifset' parts 27 and a 28 terminating in eyes 29 mounted on the rod 22.The offset portion 27 extends in one direction andthe offset portion 28in the opposite'direction from the rod 22, so that when the rod 22 is inits upright position, the

hanger arm portions 25 and 26 will be parallel with each other, but willlie in substantially spaced vertical planes.

' At their outer ends, they are connected by the-end portion member 30.

For convenience of reference, I have used the reference character C toindicate one complete hanger arm.

A substantial number o1 the hanger arms seven, but might use two or adozen or some other number.

The eyes 29 of the respective hanger arms C are arranged one above theother on the 4 upper and lower ends of the rod 22, as shown, so that theinner ends of the hanger arms and the portions 27 and 28 respectivelyare arranged in superposed position with relation to each other as shownin Figure 2.

At the outer'ends of the arms C, the members 25 and 26 of the respectivearms when the arms are folded together lie successively slightly aboveand at one side of the corresponding portions of the adjacent arms C,while the end members 30 lie in the same vertical plane side by side.This description assumes that the post 22 is upright, as shown in Figure2.

lVhen it is desired to hang garments on the drier, the arms C are swungapart from what may be called their folded or collapsed position, shownin Figure 2, to their spread position shown in Figure 1.

It will be seen that the upper and lower hanger arm portions 25 and 26of each arm C then lie in diflerent vertical planes, so that garmentshung on the up er portion 25 of each arm C will not inter ere withgarments hung on the lower portion 26 there- "of, as best illustrated inFigure 5.

When the hanger is not in use, the arms 0 are swung together from theirpositions shown in Figure 1 to their folded position shown in Figure 2.

The bracket B can be pushed upwardly slightly and rotated a quarter turnto the position shown in Figure 3, whereupon the eyes 29 may rotate onthe rod 22 and the arms 0 may drop to their downwardly hanging positionillustrated in Figure 3.

It will thus; be seen that I have provided a drier of comparativelysimple and inexpensive construction, which when not in use may hangclose to the wall or post or the like, upon which it is supported, thusoccupying a relatively small space and a position where it will be outof the way.

When it is desired to use the drier, the bracket B is rotated from itsposition shown in Figure 3 anti-clockwise, until the member 14 isupright-with the slot 1 20 standing spaced above the pin'2l. ThebracketB is then slid downwardly until the pin 21 is received in the slot 20,when it will 'holdthebracket B against further rotation.

The arms C will then be slid in their position shown in Figure 2. Theymay then he slid to their position shown in Figure 1 for most convenientuse. a

My improved drier is inexpensive to build, requires comparatively fewand simple operations in the factory, and can be made of irlgeixpensivematerial always readily availa e.

It'occupies a small space when collapsed and not in; use alongside thewall, where it will be out of the way. When moved. to' position for use,however, it afiords a maximum amount of hanging length for garments, andyet will hold a large number of garments, such as diapers in positionwhere each is free from contact with any other, and the circulation ofair will be impeded to the least degree.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a drier of the class described, a support, a bracket mountedthereon, a plurality of hanger arms each having spaced portions mountedon the bracket and projecting therefrom in opposite directions, upperand lower horizontal hanger arm members connected to said spacedportions extending away from the bracket in vertically spaced horizontalplanes, the axial plane of the upper hanger arm member being disposed toone side of the lower hanger arm memher, and end portions connecting thehanger arm members, the corresponding first-described portions ofthe'seriesot hanger arms being successively superposed one above theother. I

2. In a drier of the class described, a support, a bracket thereon, aplurality 0f hanger arms pivotally supported on said bracket, eachhaving a pair of hanger arm members extending away vfrom said bracket indifferent vertical lanes andin vertically spaced parallel horizontalplanes, and an end portion inclined from the vertical and connecting theouter ends of'said hanger arm members, the corresponding portions of therespective hanger arms being superposed one above'the'other at theirpoints of connection with the bracket.

Des Moines, Iowa, October 18, 1926.

' TIMOTHY F, LONG'.

